Mexican Revolution Flashcards
1500
City of Tenochtitlán is the biggest city in the world
1521
Hernán Cortés conquista la ciudad de Tenochtitlán
1810
Miguel Hidalgo did the grito for independence from Spain
1821
Mexico won independence from Spain
1848
US gets half of Mexico’s land after war
1862
On 5 de Mayo Mexico kicked out the French
1910
Revolution against Díaz began
Tenochtitlán
capital city of the Aztec empire
Aztecs/ Mexica
Successful indigenous empire in Mexico
colonialism
When one country controls another
Hernán Cortes
Spanish conquistador who destroyed Tenochtitlán in 1521
Nueva España
Name for Mexico when it was controlled by Spain
Miguel Hidalgo
Priest who called for independence with his “grito” in 1810
Benito Juárez
First indigenous president of Mexico
Porfirio Díaz
Mexican dictator for 33 years
Francisco Madero
elected in the first free election after the Díaz dictatorship
Victoriano Huerta
killed Madero and became president for one year
Emiliano Zapata
main leader of revolutionaries in the South
Dolores Jimenez y Muro
repeatedly imprisoned for protesting for women’s and workers’ rights
Pancho Villa
main leader of the revolutionaries in the North
Hermila Galindo
Spoke at Feminist Congress about women’s rights to vote, run for office, birth control, education
Porfirio Díaz
The time when Díaz was a dictator for 33 years
Constitution of 1917
Included free public education, land reform, and minimum wage
land reform
giving land back to the poor and indigenous who originally owned it
nationalization of oil
When the oil/ gas industry is controlled by the government to use the money for its people
conservative
believed in stability and control to bring money and wealth
stability
when a country is under control and calm
reformer
believed Mexico needed honest politicians to create better laws and programs
revolutionary
believed campesinos and workers needed to organize, protest, and strike for land and liberty.
